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Mar 25, 1947
Guitarist Cowboy Copas records with Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys for the fourth and final time, at RCA Studio A in Chicago, as he moves on to a solo career
Mar 25, 1947
Johnnie & Jack hold their first recording session
Mar 26, 1947
Tex Williams and Merle Travis write "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)," one day before Williams records it. The song becomes Capitol Records' first million-seller
Mar 27, 1947
Ira Louvin has his first recording session, playing mandolin for Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Partners at RCA's Chicago studios
Mar 27, 1947
Tex Williams records Capitol Records' first million-seller, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)," at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles, one day after writing the song with Merle Travis
Mar 28, 1947
Having previously used a guitar on his recording sessions, Grandpa Jones holds his first session in Nashville, playing a banjo for the first time
Mar 29, 1947
Grandpa Jones records "Mountain Dew" in Nashville. The song will be used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
Mar 31, 1947
Columbia releases Al Dexter's "Down At The Roadside Inn"
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